Learn how Afghan rug-weaving and other fair trade initiatives alleviate poverty and empower women. The event is part of the Woven Gardens of Hope Exhibition: Afghan Women’s Carpets sponsored by the Ruth Davis Design Gallery and the School of Human Ecology.
To many of us, flying into Liberia at the height of the Ebola epidemic would spell only danger. For Dr. Hannah Kirking, a Badger twice over and an epidemic intelligence service officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a month among villagers in Grand Cape Mount County was a chance to embody the …
Five teams delivered their visions of novel approaches to help society reduce or cope with climate change and its effects at the Climate Quest Finale.
Dr. Keith Martin, physician, former member of Canadian Parliament, activist, to address the Global Health Symposium 2015.
The Climate Quest finalists present their prototypes for climate change solutions in their bid for the grand prize during the Climate Quest Finale. Each team will give a 30-minute presentation followed by question from a panel of distinguished judges. Maggie Grabow, a GHI postdoctoral researcher, is part of the “Mindful Climate Action” team. Their project …
James Schauer, professor in the College of Engineering and a GHI Advisory member, presents “Air Pollution and Sustainable Cities: Implications for Transportation, Energy, Buildings and Industry.” Throughout the world, air pollution is a leading contributor to the burden of disease and has large societal and economic costs. Although the effects of air pollution on health are …
S. Asra Husain, a policy and legal analyst with the UW Pain and Policy Studies Group, presents a noon lecture in the Center for South Asia 2015 Spring Lecture Series. The International Pain Policy Fellowship identifies champions in low- and middle-income countries and offers a stipend and mentorship to those individuals to help them work …
The International Internship Program, Global Health Institute and Letters & Science Career Services host the hour long session.
GHI Research Colloquium 2015 shows how GHI grants improve health in Wisconsin and beyond.
Jamie Schauer, a GHI Advisory member and professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, shows air pollution impacts transplant recipients.